Fun With Sylvie

We have been having so much fun with Sylvie lately. Her speaking ability has really developed these past few weeks and we're understanding so much more of what she says. She loves to label everything, especially when she first wakes up. She's done this since she learned her first signs but now that she has so many words it's quite a chatty morning. As soon as she's up she's labeling everything, "Light! Bug! Monkey! Light! Light! Daddy! Mommy! Grace! Juice! Juice! Juice! Butter! (meaning peanut butter) Chair! Table! Feet! Belly!" And the list goes on. While we're thrilled she is speaking more clearly, this advanced pronunciation has also shown up in the middle of the night. Sylvie has always woken up at some point in the night and cried a little. She has always been able to put herself back to sleep too. However, now that she says our names clearly she cries them clearly. . . at 4 am. So, now with a more distinct invitation for us to come to her room it's becoming much more difficult to ignore. She is also not going back to sleep as quickly and seems to cry harder. Any suggestions?
In the above picture Sylvie is helping do the dishes. We had a great evening. She helped make the cornbread for dinner, pouring the mix and the milk into the bowl and stirring it all around. Then she helped wash the dishes. She particularly enjoyed rinsing one cup again and again. Any Chapman reading this will recognize her "Mom Mom Tongue". It was out in full force wiggling around as she concentrated on those dishes.
While waiting for the cornbread to cook Sylvie and Jeremy had a dance. We thought it was so sweet how she put her hand on his shoulder.